QUIET BEFORE THE SWARM MOVIE

Lousy catastrophe movie by usual Irwin Allen with ordinary big actors and embarrassing filmmaking. This sub-plot has several short scenes including one when Bradford Dillman and Richard Widmark see Caine praying by her bed - once he sees that Caine believes in God Widmark knows he's a good chap and instructs Dillman to 'Close that dossier' (the dossier has been constantly referred to by Widmark but was left as an unresolved plot hole in the theatrical cut). This is why she's lying in a bed when Caine rescues her from the burning building. an additional subplot near the end of the film in which Ross has a relapse and nearly dies from her earlier bee sting.when Henry Fonda is killed there is an additional shot of a huge superimposed bee which he sees at the moment of death.various extra footage of Caine and Ross going to the HQ in Houston.he has a relapse and dies in the long version. the death scene of the little boy whose parents were killed and who subsequently firebombed the swarm - in the short version he is in hospital and you assume he's survived although he's not seen again.several additional scenes of Caine and Katharine Ross driving back and forth between the military bunker and the town and chatting about developments as they do.a hilarious scene in which the military inspect the attacked picnic site and Michael Caine comments on the bees' biting abilities.more of the 3 way courtship between DeHavilland, Johnson & MacMurray.Some of the additional footage is as follows: The UK '12' certificate video release is the 155m version of this film (also shown on US TV) which was released in cinemas at 116m (with a 'PG' certificate).

Quiet before the swarm